End of reception report

[rvge]

My GD got well above in reception baseline assessment but on her end of year report she has got six 'achieved age related expectations' and in reading and writing she has got 'achieved age related expectations with elements of exceeding'. The school have only reported on the seven subjects and they have six levels rather than emerging, expected and exceeding, for example they have got working within age expectations and a higher level of achieved age related expectations. There is also a column for effort/behaviour and she has all A's in this column. Her teacher has told us she is one of the top of the class so we don't understand why she hasn't got even one exceeding. Sorry for the long post but from what I've read most other schools seem to have 17 areas and only three (emerging, expected and exceeding) results.

The 17 areas are the Early Learning Goals, they are not part of key stage 1 - but may be reported if the child is still working at that level I imagine. I don't imagine any schools routinely measure their Y1 kids against them as they should all be attained by then.

Presumably she hasn't got an exceeding because the teacher hasn't judged them as exceeding. It's obviously impossible for us to know if that's because the teachers have poor judgement and she is exceeding, or if she's not. There are no statutory reporting methods in Y1, and the teachers can report however they like (other than the phonics screening check, which they don't have to report to you anyway.)

Sorry, I probably didn't make it clear. I meant report at end of reception year not year one. We thought that as she had been assessed as well above average in the baseline assessment and especially as at the last parents evening a couple of months ago the teacher said she was probably even higher now, that she might have got a few exceedings.

Oh, sorry, then yes, the school must provide the EYFS profile to you against the 17 ELG's, they also have to report the data.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-early-years-foundation-stage-assessment-and-reporting-arrangements-ara

I thought it was all schools, but there may be some exceptions - what sort of school is it? The lack of report against the ELG's is different to the lack of exceeding though.

All EYFS providers (schools/nurseries) must report to parents at the end of reception year against all ELGs using emerging, expected and exceeding expectations and provide the opportunity for parents to discuss the content of the written report.

Thank you for your help and information.

My DGD's report is not divided into the 17 categories. It has been reported on the seven main categories. Also instead of emerging, expected and exceeding expectations her schools headings are: Working below age expectations - Working towards age expectations - Working within age expectations - Achieved age related expectations - Achieved age related expectations with elements of exceeding - Exceeding age related expectations. I was wondering whether, in view of this, that the school have taken the children's age into account as they did in the baseline assessments at the beginning of reception.

rvge your school is doing something strange (and probably incorrect), no-one can possibly know what it's doing other than the school.

Totally agree with sir.
Though I can totally understand why she is top of the class, but not getting exceeding. It's not measured against cohort, it's national target they get to measured against.

I understand that it's measured nationally. This is not a stealth boast in anyway at all but except in maths where my DC got expected ELG standard - all other areas DC got exceeding. We are at a very good state school and her form tutor explained she is outstanding on a national basis but she has probably 15 children across a year group of 90 the same as her. (She is head of EYFS and a teacher with 20 years experience).

we had a big assembly at the beginning of the year where they explained the ways of measuring and informed us it would be a real struggle for a reception child to get exceeding. That if they met standard that was exceptional in itself on a national basis.

By that I mean it's not usual to get many exceeding

Meeting the standard is not exceptional on a national basis, 67% of kids in 2016 managed it, and if your child is female then it was 75%. So I really can't see how any school could call it an exception if they met it, were they simply trying to minimise expectations?

The chances of 25% of a randomly chosen state school being outstanding at maths nationally seems pretty unlikely too?

Reception teachers do get monitored every 4 years or so. You have to submit the data for where you think every child is right then, not for the end of the year. The monitoring person will then select a random child and ask you to justify your decision.

You also have to attend a meeting every year run by the LEA where you discuss and moderate your results.

Teachers do not pluck a number out of the air.

The results have to be submitted to the local authority who in turn submit them the the government.
The children have to be found 'not met', 'met' or 'exceeding'.

What all this other stuff they have come up with is I have no idea. Could it be to bring EYFS into line with the rest of the school?